Vehicle-hub band



(No Model.) I J. MARIS.

VEHICLE HUB BAND.

No. 417,735. Patented'Dec. 24, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JARED MARIS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

VEHICLE-HUB BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 417,735, dated December24, 1889.

Application filed Jctobei 26, 1889.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JARED MARIS, of Columbus, in the State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Bands for theEnds of Carriage or WVagon Hubs; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to an improvementin metallic bands for the ends ofcarriage or wagon hubs, poles, singletrees, &c., and is designed moreparticularly as an improvement on the band shown in Patent No. 403,357,granted to me May 14, 1889.

Metallic bands have been provided on their inner walls withinwardlyprojecting radial ribs extending from nearly the inner end ofthe band flush with its outer end. Vhen a band of such construction isdriven onto an article, the ribs embed themselves in the wood andprevent rotary displacement; but no provision is made to prevent endwisedisplacement, except the frictional contact of the band and ribs withthe wood.

With the improvement disclosed in my patcut above referred to ribslocated near the inner ends of the bands are provided. These ribs aresharpened on top and taper from the inner end outwardly and terminate attheir outer ends in blunt shoulders, against which the fibers closeafter the band has been driven into position and prevent accidentalendwise displacement and, to a great extent, rotary displacement. Theribs,being located wholly at one end of the band, prevent the inner endof the band from turning, but leave. the outer end in a condition toturn or twist slightly or yield sidewise.

The object of this invention is to provide Serial No. 328,284. (Nomodel.)

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views in section of modified forms applied toclips.

A' represents the band, cast or drawn in the usual manner, and whenemployed for hubs and similar articles is outwardly crimped or flangedat its inner end to receive the device on which it is to be driven andfacilitate the starting of the band upon the end of the article.

The band can. and preferably should be taperin g at its inner end inwardto a point about on aline with the shoulders of the ribs B. These ribs,which are preferably triangular in crosssection, project inwardly fromthe inner wall of the band and extend from the inner end to a point nearthe outer end, and each is provided at its inner end with a barb 0,formed by gradually inclining or sloping the extreme inner end of therib rearwardly and inwardly. toward the center of the band to a pointbeyond the ribs proper, forming abrupt shouldders B, against which thedisplaced fibers close as soon as the shoulders have passed, andefiectually prevent a withdrawal, while the portions of the ribs to theoutside of the barbed ends rest in the grooves behind the barbs andprevent the band from turning at its outer end or yielding sidewise. Thebodies of the ribs, being smaller than the barbs orheads, permit thewood behind or to the outside of the barbs to be somewhat compressed,and they completely fill the grooves made by the barbs, and consequentlyprevent the entrance of water in the event of shrinkage, the portions ofthe ribs behind the barbed ends holding the band against movementsidewise.

Inplacing the band it is evident that the gradually-tapering andsharpened barbs of the ribs will pass gradually into the wood withoutcutting or destroying the elasticity of the fibers, thus permitting thelatter to close onto the ribs immediately on the passage of the barbs,and if the end of the article should not entirely fill the band theentrance of the creasing in size as it approaches theouter end of theband. By this latter construction the wedge can be driven in place, andby exerting considerable power thereon can be withdrawn endwise.

It is evident that slight changes in the details of construction mightbe resorted to without dcpartin g from the spirit of my invention; henceI would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the exactconstruction shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described. my i11\-'ention,Wl1at I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic band provided on its inner surface with one or moreinwardly-projecting ribs, each being elongated in form an d having ahead sharpened or pointed at itsinner end,

JARED MABIS.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. W. CAREY, CAROLINE ADAMS.

